A/N: Remember what I said yesterday? About if I got at least three reviews I will update! Well I got those three reviews (And a few more) and I got 100 reviews! Yay... if this wasn't my third celebration update in a row, I'd be more excited...

Anyways, about this chapter, there is a squick factor... but it is canon! I kid you not, what is mentioned (expect for the keeping personality thing) is completely true... so yeah... enjoy the chapter...

Chapter 18: Manliness!

The group was resting, getting ready for traveling, Taki theorized with Moltres behind them less teams following them. So they were taking some time to get ready, with eating and washing up.

Of course with the washing up part, Ranma fell into the water.

"You know… it's still taking a lot to get used to that curse." Said Taki.

"I agree." Said Ceres.

"It is really weird." Said Shizuka.

"I don't know, I think it's kind of cool!" said Shizuka.

"I guess we have to wait until the water boils." Said Ichigo.

They set aside some water and boiled it. When it was hot enough they poured it on Ranma.

"That must be the cursed Treeko I heard about." Said the mysterious figure.

And so they went on their way.

"You know I have the strange feeling that we're going to get two more members of this little party." Said Momoko.

"What makes you say that?" asked Naruto.

"Just a weird feeling." Said Momoko.

That was when Ranma was once again sprayed with cold water.

"Come on!" yelled Ranma-Chan.

"You are the one!" yelled a voice.

That was when a male Marill showed up.

"You're the Treeko I heard about!" said the Marill, "My named is Mari, and I want you to teach me how to be a man!"

"What?" asked Ranma-Chan

"Please teach me! I'm begging you." Said Mari.

"Isn't Mari a girl's name?" asked Naruto.

"Shut you stupid Squirtle." Said Mari.

"How about you do it Ranma." Said Chiyo-Chan.

"Me and Ceres can do look out while you do this." Said Momoko.

"Oh come on!" yelled Ranma-Chan.

"We all need more a break." Said Naruto.

"Fine…" muttered Ranma-Chan.

"Yays." Said Mari.

"Something tells me I don't want to know more about their species." Thought Ranma-Chan with a sweat drop.

And so after boiling some more water, Ranma began there lesson.

"So… where do we start…" said Ranma.

"Okay…" said Mari, "Let me show you what I got."

He shouted "I AM A MAN!" then punched the air, "That's all I have."

Ranma sweat dropped, "I think that more a comic book nerd thing." He said.

"What?" asked Mari.

"Never mind." said Ranma.

"Then maybe you can teach me to fight." Said Mari.

"I don't know." Said Ranma.

"Come on…" said Mari, "Pretty, pretty please."

"Fine." Said Ranma with a sweat drop.

"Yays!" cheered Mari.

Ranma couldn't help but to sigh.

Meanwhile with the others.

"Mari's weird." Said Naruto.

"Yeah. I know." Said Luffy.

"Oh come on he's not that weird." Said Asuna.

"I think she suffers from a certain condition ailing some male Marill." Said Lyse.

"What do you mean?" asked Asuna.

"And did you say she?" asked Ichigo.

"I think I read about that too." Said Chiyo-Chan, "One of 500 male Marill who go though it, suffer from it."

"Even if it common for it to happen…" said Lyse, "Usually the Marill doesn't mind."

"What are you even talking about." Said Naruto clearly confused.

Meanwhile with Ranma and Mari, Ranma was showing Mari some moves, which he tried to copy, but it was hard… mostly because of the differences in body type (IE slim Treeko VS. the ball like Marill)

"I'm never going to get this." Said Mari.

"It's okay… really." Said Ranma.

"No… it's not! Why did I have to change genders when I evolved." Said Mari.

"What?" asked Ranma.

"I was born a girl… and I wanted to stay that way when I evolved. But 1 in three female Azurill become male when they evolve… and it's always a girl who wants to become a boy this happens to… I don't want to be a girl." Cried Mari.

"Excuse me…" said Ranma who ever utterly confused.

With the others…

"WHAT!" they yelled.

"What's going on?" asked Momoko flying down checking up on them.

"Mari was probably born a girl but when she evolved she turned into guy." Said Naruto.

"Yeah right." Said Momoko.

"No it's true, 1 in 3…" said Lyse.

"We already heard this." Said Naruto.

"We don't need to hear it again." Muttered Ichigo.

"Is everything okay?" asked Ceres.

"Everything's fine." Said Momoko.

"Except some of us learned something we didn't need to know about the Marill line." Said Asuna.

Back with Ranma and Mari… Mari finished crying.

"How do you deal with it?" asked Mari.

"I just do." Said Ranma, as the water came form the sky and drenched him, turning him into a girl.

"So… how did you get the curse anyway?" asked Mari, "Were you born with it or does it have to with you being a human?"

"You heard about that." Said Ranma-Chan.

"Yeah." Said Mari, "It hard to not hear about it."

Ranma-Chan sighed "I went to a set of cursed springs." Said Ranma-Chan.

"Maybe though Cursed Springs really exist." Said Mari, "I mean here! What if they exist here!"

"Um… I don't know…" said Ranma-Chan.

"That it! Even if I don't know if I can find a magical way of become a girl." Said Mari, "I will try to find out who I really am!"

"Okay…" said Ranma-Chan.

"I will find my own path. It doesn't matter if I'm a girl stuck in a guy's body! I will either find a way to be a girl again or live with it, with out becoming a man!" yelled Mari.

"I think you already said something like that." Said Ranma-Chan.

"Thank you Ranma." Said Mari, "I am forever in your debt."

"Um… you're welcome?" said Ranma-Chan.

That is when Ranma got a strange feeling.

"What is it?" asked Mari.

"I'm going to go back to the others." Said Ranma-Chan.

"Wait!" yelled Mari, "I'm joining you!"

Ranma sighed, knowing that Momoko wads probably right about more Pokemon joining.

"All right. But come on." Said Ranma.

He got to where the others were, they also seemed on high alert.

"You guys feel it too." Said Ranma.

The others nodded.

"I think might be a good time to go." Said Ichigo.

"All right! Let's go!" yelled Luffy running off.

"Hey come on Luffy!" yelled the others.

Not too far away a mysterious figure watched them.

"I should have known something like that would happen." Sighed the mysterious figure, "Perhaps next time something like this will happen I can gain their trust."

And so Mari the Marill joined their group. However there was still one more place to go before they can continue on their way… for they had to pass though Frosty Forest, home of last of the Legendary Bird Trio…

Next Time: Another one of the team will fight a Legendary Bird... who will it be? Will it be Ichigo who's strong against flying types... probably not... Who else is there to go... Find out next time!

A/N: I'm not kidding about the 1 in 3 Azurill... it's true... seriously. Go look it up.